WARS AND MISHA PS
A long list of accidental deaths and injuries across the United States and Canada. Incidents include a boy burned by a whip in Wisconsin, a venom of poison from boneset tea in Indiana, a fatal scythe accident in Packwaukee, Wisconsin, and multiple railroad and factory accidents with fatalities and injuries. It also notes a fatal blast in Massachusetts Hoosac tunnel and a drowning horse incident in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jozeph King
Hixton
Wis
Wmn
Bell
Noblesville
Ind
Stull
Packwaukee
Kentucky
West Rochester
Vermont
Hoosac Tunnel
Massachusetta
Holy Cross
Iowa
Mr. McAloon
Clarksburg
Mass
Weather riddle and maritime note in Phuan ygrams
A fragmentary column ponders storm brightness and lightning, cites a Richmond boatman favoring his son's stroke, notes luxuriant Georgia gourd vines and a plan to modify cultivation, and ends with a reflection on the vanished dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Georgia
Poot
Colfax Speech Emphasizes Republican Record and Nation’s Progress
Vice President Colfax, presiding at a South End Indiana Republican meeting, urged focus on shared principles over personal attacks. He praised the party for elevating the nation, ending tyranny, aiding the poor, and uniting diverse groups under a banner of liberty and justice, promising continued fidelity and past successes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southend
Ind
Colfax
Lilesos
United States
Republican Party
Signed letter to soldiers praises government and civil capacity
A dated document praising the government for the past three and a half years. It claims the administration reduced public debt and conducted foreign affairs well, leaving the nation at peace with the world and preserving peace in previously unrestful regions. It also notes the author’s proclaimed loyalty despite recent recreancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Banks
Wheat after Clover for Soil Conditioning
A Canadian farmer explains that plowing under a full clover crop after harvest can prepare land for wheat. If the soil is fairly clean, pasturing or mowing the clover is acceptable, but in foul poor soil it is not advised. Allow full growth over summer, then roll or harrow to speed regrowth, shading the soil for looser plowing and better wheat results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Stations
Columbia
Columbiads
Kat
Paris
Ramboniblet
Detroit
Roug Archway
Maine
Lucius TwxKspury Fay
Canada
Gathering and Preparing Vegetables in the Country
A guide on selecting seed quality and handling harvests to keep vegetables fresh. It advises choosing the finest seed varieties, avoiding sun exposure, gathering with dew on, washing briefly, and cooking time guidelines for corn peas beans asparagus and lettuce. It emphasizes steaming over boiling and proper salting to preserve color and flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ars
J. W. Beecher
Christian Union
Storing Farm Implements in a Thrifty Farmer’s Toolhouse
A scene in Swamscot where a farmer keeps mowers and equipment clean and tucked away. The narrator praises Swamscot as thrifty for storing implements after use, claiming his mower remains in prime condition after six summers of use. He contrasts this with another farmer who leaves tools in sheds or fields and adds details about other tools neatly stored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swamscot
Lrather
Swarmscot
Joe Peet
Swamecat
Frugal Readers Among Hired Help Noted in Rural Column
Rural New Yorker remarks on hired men perusing papers and magazines with family, sharing readings with evident discernment. It highlights their engaged, intelligent discussions and the domestic, literary domesticity of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cor
New Yorker
Preparing Land for Wheat and Soil Care
The article stresses summer and autumn land preparation to boost next year’s wheat yields and quality. It argues thorough plowing, repeated tillage, and summer fallowing over green fallow, plus mulching in milder winters to protect roots and improve moisture. It invites Kansas and Nebraska readers to test thin straw mulch and report results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Kansas
Nebraska
York Me
Remedial Mud and Mud Baths Across Cultures
Grace Greenwood reports on mud baths observed along the Pacific Coast and among various peoples in the East. The piece defends mud therapy as a cleansing cooling remedy, noting the practice among “uncivilized copper-colored savages” and contrasting mud medicine with mud spattering. It also briefly mentions a West Indian scorpion found in a bedroom and questions its presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Greenwood
East
Pacific
Earth
Recipes and Cooking Tips from Western Rural Column
A column features numerous recipes and food notes including ham roast technique with sugar and vinegar, sugar cakes, rich tea cakes, pickles, lemon custard pie, grape butter, flannel cakes, onion cooking, chow chow, Miss Aarons cake, onion and cask cleansing, chicken soup, cucumber pickles, and a corollary comparing American and German pickle traditions citing Scientific American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron
America
Germany
Cor
Scientific American
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Indianapolis
Peru
Erie Railroad
Pollard Bates
Chester
Washington
H. B. Polsom
Chattanooga
Hearly
Ricks
Sedalia
Mich
Duncan McPherson
Frank Astonburg
Horatio Wort
Lainesburg
West Chester
Frank L. Esperance
Riverside
Albany
N. Y
Aera
Mary Nolan
Green Brothers
Stoneham
Phuanygrams
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